Sentences with phrase «which nostril»

At the beginning of a practice, sit and observe your breath to see which nostril — and, hence, which nadi — is dominant.

The exhaled air from each nostril will leave a moisture cloud on the mirror's surface, and the difference in the breath «print» between the two sides clearly illustrates which nostril is dominant.

So in order to relax, we need to switch which nostril is working; we want to make sure the left nostril is open.

Via its olfactory sensors, «the dog can tell which nostril is pulling in the scent,» so it knows which direction to go when tracking.

Not exact matches

«The spirit of God [«the breath which God gave him,» see margin] is in my nostrils.»

No, he killed every land vertebrate which was not on the ark: Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.

To begin with Babin introduces us to the practice among some indian tribes living in the Canadian wilderness, of plugging their children's nostrils and covering their eyes after birth, the better to atune them to the noises of the forest in which they will have to survive.

For it is our very life, the absolute breath of our nostrils, which alone qualifies us to exist.16

Our very Constitution binds us, that is to say, the very breath of our political nostrils binds us, to disown all distinctions among men, to disregard persons, to disallow privilege the most established and sacred, to legislate only for the common good, no longer for those accidents of birth or wealth or culture which spiritually individualize man from his kind, but only for those great common features of social want and dependence which naturally unite him with his kind, and inexorably demand the organization of such unity....

Unlike Mel Brooks's comedy Blazing Saddles, in which Brooks plays against the genre by making it clear that he's spoofing it, with the black sheriff and the horse KO'd by an uppercut to the nostrils, Lucas goes with flow of his story.

On the eve of the movements which ushered in the new day the Papacy and the Papal court had become a stench in the nostrils of honest men.

At last I perceived a beam of light glimmering at time top of the house (for such I may call the body I had been inclosed in), whither ascending, I gently let myself» down through a kind of chimney, and issued out at the nostrils as the window was wide open, I sallied forth into the open air: but, to my great astonishment, found myself unable to fly, which I had always during my habitation in the body conceived of spirits; however, I came so lightly to the ground that I did not hurt myself and, though I had not the gift of flying (owing probably to my having neither feathers nor wings), I was capable of hopping such a prodigious way at once, that it served my turn almost as well.

Peculiar, wondrously appetizing odors of the kitchen greet our nostrils, for we are here on the classical soil of the Hungarian «gulyas,» which the Viennese pronounce «gollasch,» and the Hungarians «gujaasch.»

He says it takes about two weeks of daily application to deplete Substance P from the nerve that extends from the nostril to the head, which then renders it incapable of producing pain.

And since a child's cough can often be caused by a runny nose and post-nasal drip, it can also help to place a few drops of saline nasal drops in your child's nostrils, which can help thin the mucus in his nose.

You can try holding your baby down and squirting saline up a tiny baby nostril to clear the congestion, which may work if you wrangle wild mustangs for a living.

Burning scented candles produces soot, which can get trapped inside your baby's nostrils.

Her nostrils, which have been plugged, open up.

I also like to chill out with nadi shodhana, a cooling breath in which you cover one nostril at a time.

If you watch his nostrils, you might notice that they flare out with every breath, which is an attempt to get more air into the lungs.

Few public improvements are more needed in New York City than market - houses, which are at the present, literally a stench in the nostrils of the people.»

«There are several of those — some of which we won't discuss — but the nostril certainly counts.»

They say this regardless of whether your name is actually Liam, which is weird, though still probably not the weirdest thing about people who study salamander nostrils.

The nostril tick belonged to the genus Amblyomma, species of which are known to carry diseases that can infect mammals ranging from cows to people.

Although researchers know very little about nostril ticks, including which other species they infest and if they carry any diseases, Goldberg speculates that his might be adapted to live in noses of chimpanzees.

When one wafts into our nostrils, these receptors send nerve signals to sensory way stations called glomeruli, which pass them along to the brain for interpretation — «Oh, a rose!»

A strong visual signal causes itching in the nostrils, which triggers the sneeze reflex.

The researchers were able to see signs of watery adaptation not seen in other dinosaurs: a small nostril located far back on the head, apparently to limit water intake; relatively long forelimbs; big flat feet suitable for paddling as well as walking on muddy ground; and very dense limb bones, which would have allowed Spinosaurus to submerge itself rather than float at the surface.

According to the SPFES, when a sheep is in pain, there are five main things which happen to their faces: their eyes narrow, their cheeks tighten, their ears fold forwards, their lips pull down and back, and their nostrils change from a U shape to a V shape.

Each nostril is smaller than the distance between the two, which means that they inhale air from two distinct regions of space, allowing the dog to decipher the direction of a scent.

The sniff also funnels stale air out through the sides of the nostrils, an action which pulls new air into the nose.

They found the lizards breathe out with about 60 % more intensity inside their sandy burrows than when they are aboveground, which might allow them to expel sand particles from their nostrils.

They used a 3 - D camera to create models, which allowed them to measure and compare the size and shape of the nares (which you know better as nostrils) and alar (outer nostril wall) base width.

In the Tibetan philosophies of yoga they say that the breath through the nostrils is the portal to the mind, which is the essence of the body.

On the flipside, evening classes use calming breath techniques such as nadi shodhana, which alternates nostril breathing.

If you are really congested, gently drain the saline solution out the same nostril into which you poured it.

While scientists still need to study the mechanisms by which alternate nostril breathing improves efficiency in a vigilance - specific task, it is known that vigilance is influenced by psychological factors such as stress (negative effects) and motivation (positive influences).

As we mentioned above, the nasal cycle appears to be strongly linked to the opposite hemisphere dominance, which may indicate that doing alternate nostril breathing helps balance out the activity of the two hemispheres.

And this study found that «alternate nostril yoga breathing positively influences cognitive processes which are required for sustained attention at different scalp sites (frontal, vertex and parietal), whereas breath awareness brings about changes at the vertex alone.»

The key to using a Neti pot is to tip the head sideways, so the water runs out the other nostril, rather than tipping the head back, which makes it run down the back of the throat and cause gagging.

Alternate nostril breathing, in which you alternate inhaling and exhaling through each nostril, will also help open the heart chakra.

(If you can't tell, try a few rounds of alternate - nostril breathing — it should be immediately clear which side is freer and which feels more inhibited).

I got my septum piercing a year and a half ago and I find it really cool:) I think it is way less painful than the nostril piercing (which I had too).

The alien pods, which grow long tentacles, attack people as they sleep by sliding into their mouth and nostrils.

Exactly, looks just the same as usual, which is «fine», not spectacular, not hideous - other than the nostrils which look really daft: P

Fiat says it provides clearance for the turbocharged engine's two intercoolers, which receive air through six separate nostrils.

The front end is quite clearly inspired by the BMW CS Concept, from the large nostrils to the headlamps which actually have a similiar internal configuration of individual lamps and «eyebrow» but differing slightly in shape.

The dual nostrils differ from the current design which features a single hood scoop.

This is not a metaphor, it is a simile, which means that it really did look like there were two very small mice hiding in his nostrils, and if you make a picture in your head of a man with two very small mice hiding in his nostrils you will know what the police inspector looked like.

The front webcam is a (seriously overengineered) 2 megapixel affair which can handle video chat in HD, should you have the wish for other people to see every curl and wave of your nostril hairs.